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The Japanese Subjugation of Pancakes
Pancake juice. There are vending machines all over Japan, and this one, somewhere in Fukuoka, (unfortunately, I can’t recall the area right now) held the nefarious pancake juice. All sugar, a mess,...
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Never Take Candy From Humans
Takashimaya is a Japanese department store chain with locations throughout Japan, and one in Singapore. But if you think for a second that I travel around just to shop, that would be as misleading as...
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A Tale of Two Marios
Speakers of the Japanese language would say マリオ, ma-ri-o, so I don’t know why I insisted on butchering the name the New York way – mæh-ri-o. It could be because I’m from there, or it could be because...
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Fuk…uoka, That was a Weird Night in Japan
The theme of this post is the Japanese phrase for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, 一期一会 (ichigo ichie). I first visited Fukuoka, Japan in the summer of 2009. Although I’d never been too enthusiastic...
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So…This Exists, the Japan Edition: Uni Cream Cheese
If you don’t know what uni (うに/海胆 sea guts/海栗 sea chestnut) is, I’ll fill you in on a dirty secret- it’s not the roe of sea urchin, per se. Rather, it’s what secretes the roe. Not hungry anymore? Yes,...
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